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Etymology
Pictograph of an arrow hitting its target.
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As an ideogram, 至 originally depicted a bird or arrow descending and striking its target. This image of a completed journey established its core meaning: to arrive at a destination. From this concrete sense of reaching a physical point, the meaning extended to temporal and abstract domains. It developed into a preposition meaning "until" or "up to" a time, and also functions as an adverb indicating the highest degree or utmost extent.
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火车十点至十二点之间到达。
他至少需要五分钟。
这本书从开头至结尾都很精彩。
问题甚至引起了专家的注意。
他对朋友始终非常真诚。
温暖的气候将持续至下个月初。
这项决定至关重要，必须谨慎。
此数据对实验结果具有乃至决定性的影响。